Shannon Howard
@alabamamutant.bsky.social
Assoc prof of English, studying material rhetorics, pop culture, and tools of composition. Founder of Beatles Area PCA. Recovering workaholic and theater major. Currently obsessing about John Lennon’s love for Tennessee Williams.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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This is great news
Sesame Street is the last remnant of the idea that television could educate and uplift kids and instruct them on how to be decent citizens and make them feel understood rather than persecuted
It needs to be where everyone can see it
Sesame Street is the last remnant of the idea that television could educate and uplift kids and instruct them on how to be decent citizens and make them feel understood rather than persecuted
It needs to be where everyone can see it
Sesame Street will be putting a huge collection of episodes on YouTube starting in January 2026
This is a fantastic way to educate children
It’s a form of resistance.
Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more.
These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
This is a fantastic way to educate children
It’s a form of resistance.
Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more.
These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
September 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is great news
Sesame Street is the last remnant of the idea that television could educate and uplift kids and instruct them on how to be decent citizens and make them feel understood rather than persecuted
It needs to be where everyone can see it
Sesame Street is the last remnant of the idea that television could educate and uplift kids and instruct them on how to be decent citizens and make them feel understood rather than persecuted
It needs to be where everyone can see it
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
Keep reading, friends. 📚
Keep reading, friends. 📚
August 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
Keep reading, friends. 📚
Keep reading, friends. 📚
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Gods, Scotland is so beautiful.
August 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Gods, Scotland is so beautiful.
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"Evening Light" - my oil painting
August 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Evening Light" - my oil painting
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The fun of making art is not in having a “good” product at the end, and it’s not even necessary to be “good” at art at any point in the process to have fun with it. As an adult fiddle learner, I sound bad far more often than I sound good. AND YET, I have a blast when I join an old-time fiddle jam.
August 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The fun of making art is not in having a “good” product at the end, and it’s not even necessary to be “good” at art at any point in the process to have fun with it. As an adult fiddle learner, I sound bad far more often than I sound good. AND YET, I have a blast when I join an old-time fiddle jam.
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tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house
August 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house
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The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.
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There is still beauty in the world. (Japan, photographer Jii Tewari)
June 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
There is still beauty in the world. (Japan, photographer Jii Tewari)
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You also get a dog smile today
June 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
You also get a dog smile today
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I will say this about Bluesky as a bubble: In this bubble, no one has said I should be "backhanded out of the room" or called me a word that rhymes with runt, both of which were specific Twitter add-ons
June 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I will say this about Bluesky as a bubble: In this bubble, no one has said I should be "backhanded out of the room" or called me a word that rhymes with runt, both of which were specific Twitter add-ons
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Our brains love the colour gradation in rainbows, maybe due to our ancestors searching for sources of water. Looking at plants helps us recover from stress & looking at something we think is beautiful causes dopamine release.
I've posted this photo to alter your brain biochemistry for the better 🌿
I've posted this photo to alter your brain biochemistry for the better 🌿
June 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Our brains love the colour gradation in rainbows, maybe due to our ancestors searching for sources of water. Looking at plants helps us recover from stress & looking at something we think is beautiful causes dopamine release.
I've posted this photo to alter your brain biochemistry for the better 🌿
I've posted this photo to alter your brain biochemistry for the better 🌿
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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The wisteria of Giardino Bardini today over Firenze
April 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The wisteria of Giardino Bardini today over Firenze
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Oh to be a red-eared snapper turtle sunning oneself in a pond at a centuries-old zen temple in the ancient shogunal capital.
April 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Oh to be a red-eared snapper turtle sunning oneself in a pond at a centuries-old zen temple in the ancient shogunal capital.
Finished my presentation for PCA 2025. Getting excited for New Orleans!
April 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Finished my presentation for PCA 2025. Getting excited for New Orleans!
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"The Lennon-McCartney partnership was a force of life, stalked by deaths. They alchemized grief into a joy that still reverberates across the universe." At the Wall Street Journal, I reviewed Ian Leslie's lovely new Beatles meditation "John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
April 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"The Lennon-McCartney partnership was a force of life, stalked by deaths. They alchemized grief into a joy that still reverberates across the universe." At the Wall Street Journal, I reviewed Ian Leslie's lovely new Beatles meditation "John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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John Lennon Lost Lennon Tapes Volume 27 UNPLAYED BAG Colored Vinyl LP
John Lennon Lost Lennon Tapes Volume 27 UNPLAYED BAG Colored Vinyl LP
Plano, Texas
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April 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
John Lennon Lost Lennon Tapes Volume 27 UNPLAYED BAG Colored Vinyl LP
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All we are saying is to give peace a chance - John Lennon A major rain storm let me walk in Central Park and take a photo of the Imagine Circle alone! Let's us use peace instead of war in the world... #Imagine #NYC #StrawberryFields #LFK #CentralPark #Photography @deborah-milini.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
All we are saying is to give peace a chance - John Lennon A major rain storm let me walk in Central Park and take a photo of the Imagine Circle alone! Let's us use peace instead of war in the world... #Imagine #NYC #StrawberryFields #LFK #CentralPark #Photography @deborah-milini.bsky.social
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Men wearing Trump gear at the stock market are experiencing what John Lennon called "Instant Karma."
April 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Men wearing Trump gear at the stock market are experiencing what John Lennon called "Instant Karma."
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Sober Academics at Cs! #4C25! You can bookmark and add the special event to your agenda in the app!
💻 Virtual Meet-Up: Wednesday, April 9, 8:30 p.m. ET
☕️ In-Person Meet-Up: Thursday, April 10, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ET, Mtg Rm 321
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💻 Virtual Meet-Up: Wednesday, April 9, 8:30 p.m. ET
☕️ In-Person Meet-Up: Thursday, April 10, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ET, Mtg Rm 321
@ncte.org #CCCC @soberacademics.bsky.social #ncte #soberacademics
April 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sober Academics at Cs! #4C25! You can bookmark and add the special event to your agenda in the app!
💻 Virtual Meet-Up: Wednesday, April 9, 8:30 p.m. ET
☕️ In-Person Meet-Up: Thursday, April 10, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ET, Mtg Rm 321
@ncte.org #CCCC @soberacademics.bsky.social #ncte #soberacademics
💻 Virtual Meet-Up: Wednesday, April 9, 8:30 p.m. ET
☕️ In-Person Meet-Up: Thursday, April 10, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ET, Mtg Rm 321
@ncte.org #CCCC @soberacademics.bsky.social #ncte #soberacademics